When I saw this movie I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old and my husband had just had a heart attack. This movie struck home for me. It made me realize that, for a large part of our population, homelessness is just a paycheck away.
The part where Mare Winningham has to sleep on a filthy bed at the shelter and lets her child sleep on top of her just to keep her as protected as possible was so sad. Mare is such an incredible actress, I can't figure out why she is not used more often. She brought such believability to this film.
The ending was so sad to me as a new mother that I couldn't stop crying. Hours later, I was still crying. And for so many, this is real, not just a movie which makes it even more sad.
The part where Mare Winningham has to sleep on a filthy bed at the shelter and lets her child sleep on top of her just to keep her as protected as possible was so sad. Mare is such an incredible actress, I can't figure out why she is not used more often. She brought such believability to this film.
The ending was so sad to me as a new mother that I couldn't stop crying. Hours later, I was still crying. And for so many, this is real, not just a movie which makes it even more sad.